In this episode of the Fere AI Morning Alpha Show, we decode geo-triggered liquidations, the TradFi–crypto convergence, and the meme coin meta staying louder than ever.

Middle East tensions between Israel and Iran triggered over $110M in liquidations, with longs and shorts both nuked in the crossfire. Still, market sentiment climbed from 61 to 68 (Greed), and BTC dominance hovered above 60%. Meanwhile, a dormant ETH whale sold 501 ETH, and over 500B PEPE tokens left Binance — whales are active.

Institutional flows are surging: MicroStrategy bought 10,100 more BTC, and Metaplanet crossed the 10K BTC mark, surpassing Coinbase Global. Trump’s Truth Social filed for a Bitcoin-Ether ETF, and Coinbase is building blockchain-based stock infrastructure. TradFi is knocking louder than ever.

Stablecoin stories are heating up — DTCC’s plans could bring quadrillions on-chain, JPMorgan’s JPMD trademark signals big moves, and Thailand granted a 5-year crypto tax exemption. Plus, the U.S. Senate votes on stablecoins June 18.

Exchanges kept the market spicy: Bybit’s Byreal DEX is live, and Binance Alpha launched VELO, Ultiverse, SPARK, Bombie, DAOBase, and HANA. But it wasn’t smooth sailing — SPARK’s LP misconfig led to losses, while $BOMB sold out in minutes.

In Degenland, $HOLD did a 40x, $CATULU doubled, and $BRAINLET rebounded hard on Solana. $FARTCOIN’s back trending, while $USELESS whales are printing. Listings and unlocks — from $ZK to $BBT — are reshaping the short-term plays.

On the meta side, CEXs are going full DeFi — Byreal, Alpha, and Coinbase bridging DEX rails. AI x Crypto is the rising narrative: a16z sees identity, compute, and payments as key unlocks. But MEV’s back in the spotlight, with new Flashbots research warning about rollup congestion.

Markets shook but didn’t break. Meme coins, whales, and TradFi all want a seat — and the future’s looking hybrid.